Vim: How to yank a visual block to a register?

Question

I can yank a line to register a by "ayy.

But I am not able to figure out a way to yank some visually selected block to a particular register. If I just press y after selection, it stores it in the default register. But I need to store it in a specific register, how can this be achieved?

Answer 1

It's the same behaviour, but you tell the register after the visual selection.

An example:

You select some text in visual mode and copy it to register a:

V4j"ay

Go to end of file:

G

And paste it:

"ap

Answer 2

I can select a block using shift+v or vap (read: "visually select around paragraph") and then yank it using "ay. When I want to paste it again I use "ap or "aP.

Does this work for you?